[mylife]

Yer lucky they didnt call you “Stinky” L0L

BTW those calcium carbide lamps are worth some money nowadays

[OldPossum]

Oh, for a while I was indeed "Stinky". It's hard to imagine how powerful a direct stream of skunk "juice" is. Breath-taking in fact. And getting rid of the odor was tough, since we had no running water. It was just basin bath after basin bath. Couldn't afford substantial quantities of tomato juice.

You're right, those original calcium carbide lamps (that is the correct nomenclature, but back then everybody called them "carbide lamps") must be worth a lot nowadays. There are copies, of course, sold in specialty catalogs. It never occurred to us to keep the originals.